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[Illinois, La Salle County] /^Prom The ' Ottawa. Republican' .
JOHN HOSSACK DEAD. ¦^ Pioneer Whose Name was ^amlliar Beyond the County
And State. He Was ^nce a Candidate for "Governor and a Pronounced And Radical Pree Seller and Abolitionist—His Private Life and Character. John Hossack passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Milo Putney, at 4 o'clock Sunday morn¬ ing, after a few days* illness of pleurisy.
^^r. Hossack was born in Elgin, Scotland, Dec.6, 1806, and therefore lacked but one month of having attained his 85th year. At an early age—twelve years old, it is said—he came to this country with his par¬ ents and settled in Quebec, I'here were twelve children in his father's family. The young man grew up on Canadian soil, but in 1838, at the age of 32, he came with his wife and two children to Chicago, where, with George Barnett, he engaged in the construction of the
Illinois and Michigan canal, doing most of the contract
work on that waterway. In 1849 Mr. Hossack and family moved ,tp 011awa, where he engaged in the lumber and grain business. Mr. Hossack was always an outspoken
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[Illinois, La Salle County] /^Prom The ' Ottawa. Republican' .
JOHN HOSSACK DEAD. ¦^ Pioneer Whose Name was ^amlliar Beyond the County
And State. He Was ^nce a Candidate for "Governor and a Pronounced And Radical Pree Seller and Abolitionist—His Private Life and Character. John Hossack passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Milo Putney, at 4 o'clock Sunday morn¬ ing, after a few days* illness of pleurisy.
^^r. Hossack was born in Elgin, Scotland, Dec.6, 1806, and therefore lacked but one month of having attained his 85th year. At an early age—twelve years old, it is said—he came to this country with his par¬ ents and settled in Quebec, I'here were twelve children in his father's family. The young man grew up on Canadian soil, but in 1838, at the age of 32, he came with his wife and two children to Chicago, where, with George Barnett, he engaged in the construction of the
Illinois and Michigan canal, doing most of the contract
work on that waterway. In 1849 Mr. Hossack and family moved ,tp 011awa, where he engaged in the lumber and grain business. Mr. Hossack was always an outspoken
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